What Tom Holland has said about Darius the Great
2 quotes · 1 episode · May 10, 2026
Tom Holland, English actor cast as Telemachus, has been quoted on Darius the Great 2 times in 1 episode of The Rest Is History, most recently on May 10, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Holland asserts that Darius was the most powerful man who had ever lived up to that point.
“i mean he is the most powerful man who has ever lived i think it's no exaggeration at this point to say that”
The Rest Is History: 668. Greece vs Persia: The Rise of the First Superpower (Part 1) (May 10, 2026) · Listen from 6:17
Holland argues there was probably no false Bardiya and that Darius killed the real Bardiya, citing the rebellions in the Iranian heartlands as corroboration.
“the person who gets killed by Darius and his fellow conspirators in Scythia Vartish was actually Bardia himself. And there's very good corroborating evidence for this”
The Rest Is History: 668. Greece vs Persia: The Rise of the First Superpower (Part 1) (May 10, 2026) · Listen from 16:37
Episodes
668. Greece vs Persia: The Rise of the First Superpower (Part 1)The Rest Is History · May 10, 2026 · 1 h 13 min
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook trace Darius I's rise, the Ionian Revolt and Athens' role in burning Sardis, leading up to the Persian landing at Marathon in 490 BC.
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